在2018世界木材日老挝庆祝活动的开幕式上, 我们可以欣赏到竹笙、木琴、木鼓等老挝传统木制乐器表演。

A perfect World Wood Day Laos' opening performance showcasing all the Laos' traditional wooden musical instruments!

(Cited from https://www.golaos.tours/laos-traditional-musical-instruments/)
 Khaen,
Laotian proverb says 揚eople living in the house on stilts, eating sticky rice and playing Khaen only can be Laotian or their brothers? Khaen is one of the most traditional musical instrument of Laos, used from the Lan Xang Kingdom but some say that it has existed for 4000 years. Khaen is the combination of a special bamboo and reeds, looks like Vietnamese trumpet and the musician blows into the small holes to make the sound. In New Year and some special important events, people can play Khaen solo like classical music or combine with other musical instruments to create beautiful melodies for the songs.  

 Ra Nat,
The second Laos traditional musical instrument is Ra Nat which made from hardwood with 22 bars of wood connected by the cord. The musician plays Ra Nat by 2 small wooden bars: the hard wooden bar and the soft one. The hard wooden bar is used to play fast tempo songs to make sharp and bright sounds while the other is to create tender sounds for slow tempo songs. Especially, it is used commonly to entertain for kings and lords in the monarchy period.  

 Phin,
Phin is another musical instrument made from light wood with 2 or 3 cords so that it produces the bass sound and carries easily. It is similar to the guitar but the sound is totally different. Phin was affected by India and some countries in the Southeast Asia area, we can find it not only in Laos but also in neighbor countries Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar.  

 Kong,
Kong as known as a drum is also a traditional musical instrument of Laos. There are many kinds of drums, some are made from hardwood and animal抯 skin like buffalo and snake, some are created from copper, tin and appeared from 700 B.C with the name 搕he rainy copper drum? You can visualize it easily as it looks similar to other drums and the only difference of Kong is the frog image on its surface. The old conception of Laotian believes that Kong means to pray for rain and represent for peace. Today, traveling to Laos, you can admire Laotian plays Kong in most special anniversaries.  

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